Table 2.

Bacteria and protozoan parasites included in the study

Pathogen	Disease	Vectors
Anaplasma phagocytophilum	Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis	Amblyomma spp. Ixodes spp.
Babesia spp.	Babesiosis	Ixodes spp.
Borrelia burgdorferi	Lyme borreliosis	Ixodes spp.
Borrelia mayonii	Borrelia mayonii disease/Lyme borreliosis	Ixodes spp.
Borrelia miyamotoi	Borrelia miyamotoi disease/hard tick relapsing fever	Ixodes spp.
Borrelia spp.	Tick relapsing fever	Ornithodoros spp.
Coxiella burnetii	Q fever	Dermacentor spp. Hyalomma spp.
Ehrlichia chaffeensis	Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis	Amblyomma spp. Dermacentor spp. Ixodes spp.
Ehrlichia spp.	Panola Mountain Ehrlichia	Amblyomma spp.
Francisella tularensis	Tularemia	Amblyomma spp. Dermacentor spp. Ixodes spp.
Rickettsia africae	African tick bite fever	Not in literature
Rickettsia conorii	Mediterranean spotted fever	Rhipicephalus spp.
Rickettsia parkeri	Tidewater spotted fever	Amblyomma spp.
Rickettsia rickettsii	Rocky mountain spotted fever	Amblyomma spp. Dermacentor spp. Rhipicephalus spp.